Cirqiniq Summer Camp: Success in Puvirnituq!

Kuujjuaq, Québec, July 10, 2014 – Limitless creativity, amazing experience and incredibly talented young artists are the appropriate words to describe the fifth annual Cirqiniq summer camp organized by the Recreation Department of the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) in Puvirnituq from July 1 to 8, 2014. Over 25 youth from across Nunavik, aged between 13 and 17 years old, attended the training week and astonished the crowd with their acrobatics during the Final Show on July 7.>

Cost of living measure – Food and Other Essentials Program: New products added

As of July 1, the following products are eligible for a discount under this cost of living program:For a complete list of eligible products as well as information on all the cost of living measures, go to: List of subsidized items - July 1st, 2014

Annual dog vaccination clinics to visit Nunavik communities in 2014

Kuujjuaq, Québec, June 9, 2014 – The Quebec Government has announced a series of vaccination clinics in the northern villages along Ungava Bay from June 10 to 19. Veterinarians will offer free vaccination against rabies and other canine viruses such as distemper, hepatitis and parvovirus to protect domestic animals.>

March update: Nunivaat - Nunavik Statistics Program

RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

Nunivaat – Nunavik Statistical Bulletin – The latest issue of the Bulletin has been distributed to households in Nunavik. This issue provides a summary of the findings of the report Consumer Prices Monitoring in Nunavik 2011-2013. The research demonstrated among other things that, while the prices for fresh perishable products decreased in Nunavik during the study period, the prices for other food products increased.>

Kuujjuaq, May 12, 2014 – The Youth Employment Services Nunavik of the Kativik Regional Government and the Association des francophones du Nunavut invite you to attend the five free red-carpet screenings of the Tournée du cinéma québécois that will take place from May 12 to 26. Many movies will be presented in Kuujjuaq and Inukjuak, such as Uvanga, Timuti, Urban Inuk and the First Nations People Cinema event.>